Abdul Majeed Dar

Abdul Majeed Dar (died 23 March 2003) was a Hizbul Mujahideen commander during the insurgency in Kashmir. He was assassinated either by India or radical elements of Hizbul Mujahideen in 2003.

Biography
Abdul Majeed Dar was a teacher and dry cleaning store owner in India's Kashmir region during the 1970s, and he supported the separatist Kashmiri politician Syed Ali Shah Geelani. After the rigged 1987 elections, he formed his own militant group called "Tehreek-e-Jihad e-Islami", which merged with Hizbul Mujahideen in 1991 to fight against the Indian government. In 1998, after infighting in HM, Dar went on the hajj, where he decided that violence and suffering was not the answer to the Kashmiri question. In July 2000, he declared a ceasefire with the Indian government, but the Pakistani government condemned the peace, and Syed Salahudeen ended the ceasefire in September due to popular demand. On 23 March 2003, he was assassinated by two gunmen as he left his home in Sopore, Kashmir as he was leaving his house, with either India or more radical Kashmiri separatists being responsible.